Here in MA I lost power from Friday at about 4pm and got it back on Sunday at about 3pm. My snow blower broke down so my son and I had to shovel all 450 feet of our driveway. Two full days not counting the three hours we spent on Sunday trying to find another snow shovel because we broke one. At least I was smart enough to park a car at the end of the driveway so that we could get out with only a little shoveling if we had to. Our wood stove, solar panels and a camp stove got us through the power outage.

]]>By: jaimohttp://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/09/video-nemo-slams-northeast/comment-page-2/#comment-6713560
Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:55:01 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=243700#comment-6713560To us in Connecticut the naming of winter storms has been going on for decades. In Connecticut this blizzard is named Charlotte. The Weather Channel just started naming them and it’s confusing the hell out of the low info people.

Apparently the plowing company for my condo development had their huge back hoes and bucket loaders confiscated for by state cause they needed them and they weren’t returned until today, Sunday afternoon. So we got out and did our driveway and deck on Saturday and then Sunday went out and did our elderly neighbor and 2 other ladies. Just when we were closing the garage door and going inside the freakin cavalry shows up with all the equipment.

Can’t tell you how p*ssed I was. I’ll be sore for weeks.

]]>By: Kissmygritshttp://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/09/video-nemo-slams-northeast/comment-page-2/#comment-6712626
Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:18:00 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=243700#comment-6712626We’re sitting out here in the rural areas laughing our azzes off at all the moaning, and hand wringing over getting some snow for a couple of days when we’ve had snow on the ground for 3 months. Every time a storm rolls in and everyone loses power for a week, they sit around in the dark cursing the power company. Why not have the power company spend a little money and effort on burying the lines. Buy some XC skies or snow shoes for the times you need short haul transportation. Prepare yourselves instead of waiting for the govt to show up.
]]>By: Dollayohttp://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/09/video-nemo-slams-northeast/comment-page-2/#comment-6712561
Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:58:39 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=243700#comment-6712561Well, at least you can’t blame the snow on global warming unless your idea of warming is cooling.
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Sun, 10 Feb 2013 03:06:09 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=243700#comment-6712075

@CNBCnow tweeted:
CNBCnow
Airlines have cancelled 5,368 flights this week due to Winter Storm Nemo in the Northeast. (Source: FlightAware)

Flightradar24 shows live air traffic from around the world. The primary technology we use to receive flight information is called automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B). The ADS-B technology itself is best explained by the image to the right.
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The Denver area usually gets that kind of snow several times each winter (the current drought excepted) and 4-5 ft isn’t uncommon. We have never had the streets shut down with threats of arrest and fines, nor are our highways turned into parking lots. There may be a few minor power outages of a few thousand, but never massive outages that take out the whole city.

Normally, you go out for a few hours to shovel, then go about your business. Unless there’s over 2 ft of snow, side streets don’t even get plowed.

]]>By: SC.Charliehttp://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/09/video-nemo-slams-northeast/comment-page-1/#comment-6711816
Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:10:05 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=243700#comment-6711816Forty years ago this month South Carolina experienced the snowstorm of the century. Yes, I said South Carolina.

“1973 – February 8-11, Snow Storm: The snow storm that crossed the Southeastern states from February 8 to February 11, 1973, brought a record breaking snowfall to South Carolina. Snow fell for approximately 24 hours beginning in late afternoon on the 9th. The belt of largest amounts lay parallel to the coast about 75 miles inland. The heaviest snowfall was 24 inches measured in Rimini. About 30,000 tourists were stranded on the State’s highways. Many had to be rescued by helicopter. Eight fatalities resulted from exposure. The snow was accompanied by strong winds and followed by severe cold. Drifts to 8 feet were found in some locations. At least 200 buildings collapsed, as did thousands of awnings and carports. The property damage and road damage plus cost of snow removal and rescue operations were estimated at close to $30 million.”

]]>By: dmacleohttp://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/09/video-nemo-slams-northeast/comment-page-1/#comment-6711799
Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:51:01 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=243700#comment-6711799and if it helps, I found Nemo.
he covered my yard and never floundered…
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Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:49:26 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=243700#comment-6711797due to drifting (some 6 feet in many spots) hard to get a good read of accurate snowfall here (etna, maine) but I have some areas usually not affected by drifts and they were running 24-26″ measured.
still snowing a bit too. and got more (3 or so) coming monday then another storm next weekend.
power went out at 515 am, was 7-8 deg out, gen was hooked up and running at 530. power came back on around noon or a bit after.
the damn winds hurting us here.
26″ snow is just snow. no big deal.
my yard looks like a roiling sea os snow waves, pretty cool actually.
driveway had snow up to windows on crown vic and onto hood of the taurus.
going to take days to clear it, wind blows it back in as fast as I can blow it out.
]]>By: PatriotGal2257http://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/09/video-nemo-slams-northeast/comment-page-1/#comment-6711776
Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:20:34 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=243700#comment-6711776And you can always submit your photos here.

Who says there isn’t a museum for everything? :)

Seriously, stay safe, those of you in New York, New England and Canada.

I had a major scare many years ago during the March blizzard of 1993 that was the big finale of winter weather that began the previous October, as I almost wiped out at 30 mph on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on my way home from the overnight shift at work. I got home safely, but before the Governor declared a state of emergency. I wasn’t about to attempt driving anywhere once I got home.

]]>By: SC.Charliehttp://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/09/video-nemo-slams-northeast/comment-page-1/#comment-6711762
Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:01:22 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=243700#comment-6711762Hey folks, what you are having is normal winter weather in the snow belt. Stop trying to blame it on global climate change.
]]>By: WelfareWonderlandhttp://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/09/video-nemo-slams-northeast/comment-page-1/#comment-6711720
Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:37:35 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=243700#comment-6711720I’m so tired of hearing about this storm. Suck it up, if you weren’t ready it’s your fault…they’ve been talking about it for a week.

We have 150 inches so far this year and 34 on the ground here in upper Michigan and somehow we have survived.

Exactly. “Nemo”?!? Really? (You’d think they would at least try Wikipedia or Google and come up with something appropriate……..)

Someone’s just adding a little more “drama” to weather reporting, and records keeping. Nothing more.

listens2glenn on February 9, 2013 at 3:25 PM

It’s of a piece with the OMG!!!! All crisis, all the time!™ weather reporting that has been going on for almost a decade now. We’re all gonna die, you know – it’s just a question of whether the weatherman will get us sufficiently excited about it before we do……

And, though I know a foot or two of snow is pretty heavy, it really isn’t “storm of the century” level. I was forced to land in the middle of a lake effect storm at Griffis AFB once, where the next morning, the snow level was high enough to bury the 707′s engines. The piled snow on the streets was high enough to make walking down a sidewalk like walking in a hallway. Now, that’s a storm!

Pop quiz: If people can work from home, why aren’t they already doing this most of the time instead of rarely?

HopeHeFails on February 9, 2013 at 12:51 PM

I worked from home yesterday rather than brave the storm. Here in the Toronto area the snow was pretty bad as well.

2 main reasons why I don’t more often:
1) Management discourages it, they’ve made it clear that working from home should be a rare occurrence.
2) I prefer going to the office. I like the social interaction, I love working downtown, I like being able to separate my work life completely from my home life. However I am single and childless, so I could definitely see the advantages for someone with a family.

]]>By: acyl72http://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/09/video-nemo-slams-northeast/comment-page-1/#comment-6711620
Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:08:00 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=243700#comment-6711620Time for bark and a 100 or so of his friends to take a taxpayer funded vacation to some warm weather destination.
]]>By: chumpThreadshttp://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/09/video-nemo-slams-northeast/comment-page-1/#comment-6711612
Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:02:14 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=243700#comment-6711612Nobody up here is calling this storm “nemo”…it is and will be “the blizzard of 2013!”

Ever hear of an avalanche? Those are pretty much a bunch of snowflakes going really fast together.

JetBoy on February 9, 2013 at 3:23 PM

A+

And the collective impact of those snowflakes can kill you.

They can also suffocate you, even if you’ve only been buried to the depth of a couple of inches.

About 15 years ago some friends and I were on “a 3 hour tour” one March day on Mt. Washington here in NH and we got dragooned into service for a litter detail to bring a hiker caught in an avalanche down the mountain. Not an easy task.

And one of the Wounded Warriors and some of his buddies got caught in an avalanche up there a couple of weeks ago, and were lucky to escape with their lives.